Cigar and cigarette extinguisher



Dec. 1 1925- 1,563,805

M. STENZLER 1 IGAR AND CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Filed Oct. 24. 1922INVENTOR. Wu 572/ 47.

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Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

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The invention ,relates to a cigar "and cigaretteextinguishe'r and theobject of the present invention is to improve the construction of cigarand cigarette extinguishers and to provide a simple, practical andefiicient device designed for use Within an ash tray and adapted toreceive the stumps or butts of cigarettes and cigars and capable ofextinguishing the. same and of preventing the stumps or butts from beingscattered or dropped while handling the ash tray.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cigar and cigaretteextinguishing device of this character, which may be in the form of aring equipped with openings arranged at intervals and adapted to receiveeither a cigarette or cigar stump or butt or both when the cigarettestump is a short one.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a cigar and cigaretteextinguishing device of this character adapted to be readily removedfrom an ash tray or receptacle without tilting the same and spillingashes.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion and minor details of construction,within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing, in which like characters of reference designatecorresponding parts in the several views Figure 1 is a plan View of acigar and cigarette extinguishing device constructed in accordance withthis invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the device, showing the sameapplied to an ash tray.

Figure 3 1s a transverse sectional view,

illustrating the manner of extinguishing a cigarette stump.

Figureais a similar view showing the mannerof extinguishing a cigarstump. In the accompanying drawing, in which is" illustratedthepreferred, embodiment of the invention, the cigar 'and cigaretteextinguish ng device comprises in its construction, an ope frame 1whichis in the form of a ring'but which may'be'of any other desiredconfiguration to Man. ash tray of the desired form. The open frame isarranged within an ash tray 1 and is provided at intervals with cigarand cigarette receiving openings consisting of an upper tapered cigarreceiving portion-2 and a lower tapered cigarette receiving portion 3,which is connected with the upper cigar receiving portion by anintermediate tapered portion 5, having its walls arranged at differentangles from the walls of the upper cigar receiving portion to provide ashoulder or seat for a cigar stump and forming inclined walls fordirecting the ashes to the lower opening 3 so that ashes will notaccumulate within the opening when'the cigar stump 6 is placed in theupper cigar receiving portion, as illustrated in Figure 4 of thedrawing. The tapered upper portion 2 is adapted to compress andextinguish the cigar stump 6 and the lower cigarette receiving portion 3is adapted to compress and extinguish a cigarette stump 7, asillustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing. By the particular constructionof the openings the device is adapted to receive cigar and cigarettestumps and will extinguish the same and retain the same in the openingsto prevent the stumps from being scattered, and the open frame isadapted to be readily removed from the ash tray, an inner lower bevelededge 4 being provided to permit the open frame to be readily grasped andlifted out of the ash tray without inverting the latter and spilling thecontents thereof. The outer face of the open frame is preferablytapered, as shown, to fitthe inclined wall 8 of the ash tray.

What is claimed is:

1. Acigar and cigarette extinguishing device including an ash trayhaving a bottom and an upwardly extending wall, and an open marginalframe arranged within the ash tray and fitting the wall thereof andprovided at intervals with cigar and cigarette receiving andextinguishing openings and having a horizontal bottom face sur-.rounding the lower ends of the said openings and supported upon thebottom of the tray which forms a lower end wall for the said openings topreventdown draft therethrough and cause an extinguishing of cigars andcigarettes, the lower face of the said fr'amebeing beveled at the inneredge be- .yond the lower ends of the openings to form a hand hold 'forremoving the frame from the tray.

2. A cigar and cigarette extinguishing device including an ash trayhaving a bottom and an upwardly extending wall, and an open marginalframe arranged within the ashtray and fitting the wall thereof and 1provided at intervals with cigarand cigarette receiving andextinguishing openings and having a horizontal bottom face surroundingthe lower ends of the said openings and supported upon the bottom of thetray receiving portion of less diameter than the said upper portion, andan intermediate downwardly tapered portion presenting inclined wallsarranged at a different angle from the walls of the said upper and lowerportions of the openings.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

- 7 MAX STENZLER.

